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Public construction projects Billions going toward facilities, roadwaysThousands of construction jobs were preserved in Utah during the recession because of an unusual spate of public constructionprojects mounted by local, state and federal agencies. Without them, Utah’s depressed construction sector would more closelyresemble those in harder-hit Arizona and Nevada. Here is a sample from about $7 billion in projects identified by The Salt Lake Tribune.
PROJECT NAME
USTAR NeuroscienceBiomedical TechnologyBuilding
Utah Museum of NaturalHistory
Skaggs PharmacyResearch Building
USTAR Life ScienceResearch Center
Student Life and WellnessCenter
Center forNew Media
College of Agriculturebuilding
St. George 5th DistrictCourthouse
Student housing
LOCATION
University ofUtah
Salt Lake City
University ofUtah
Utah StateUniversity
Utah ValleyUniversity
SLCC
Utah StateUniversity
St. George
Snow College
STATUS
Completed in 2011
Completed in 2011
Under construction
Completed in 2010
Being designed
Under construction
Under construction
Completed in 2009
Under construction
PROJECT COST
Managed by the Utah Division of Facilities and Construction Management
$131.6 million
$72.1 million
$52.1 million
$50.7 million
$48 million
$40.1 million
$40 million
$24.2 million
$13.6 million
Utah Museum of Natural History Skaggs Pharmacy Research Building College of Agriculture
PROJECT NAME
Interstate 15 expansion
Interstate 15 link with1300 West
Interstate 15 widening,500 North to I-215
Interstate 80, State Streetto 1300 East
Interstate 15, Dixie DriveInterchange
Interstate 84 construction
U.S. Highway 6, WhiteRiver to milepost 219
State Road 252
Southern Parkway, River
LOCATION
Utah County,Lehi toSpanish Fork
Salt LakeCounty
Salt LakeCounty
Salt LakeCounty
St. George
WeberCanyon
UtahCounty
CacheCounty
Washington
STATUS
Expected completionin 2013
Completed in 2011
Completed in 2010
Completed in 2010
2012 completion
Completed in 2011
Completed in 2010
2012 completion
Completed in 2009
PROJECT COST
Managed by the Utah Department of Transportation
$1.1
billion
$131.9 million
$114.2 million
$92.8 million
$38.9 million
$24.2 million
$21.6 million
$21.6 million
$11.5 milli
Interstate 15 in Utah County Interstate 15/Dixie Drive Southern Parkway
Southern Parkway, RiverRoad to airport
1300 East, Creek Road
WashingtonCounty
Sandy
Completed in 2009
Completed in 2011
$11.5 million
$10.9 million
PROJECT NAME
Rebuild Granite HighSchool
Rebuild Olympus HighSchool
Replace Hurricane HighSchool
Build new middle school
Build new junior highschool
Build new elementaryschool
Build new elementaryschool
Build new elementaryschool
Build new elementaryschool
Elementary schooladdition/remodel
LOCATION
GraniteSchoolDistrict
GraniteSchool District
WashingtonSchool Dist.
Jordan SchoolDistrict
Davis SchoolDistrict
Beaver SchoolDistrict
Nebo SchoolDistrict
Alpine SchoolDistricdt
Box ElderSchool Dist.
Sevier SchoolDistrict
STATUS
Proeject to becompleted in2013
Project set for2013
Project to befinished in 2013
Project to befinished in 2012
Completed in2011
Project set for2012
Completed in2011
Completed in2011
Project set for2012
Completed in2011
PROJECT COST
School projects undertaken by various Utah districts
$65.5
million
$65
million
$33.3 million
$30 million
$26 million
$15.8 million
$12 million
$11 million
$8 million
$4.5 million
Sources: Tribune reporting, Utah Department of Transportation, school districts REPORTING BY PAUL BEEBE, GRAPHIC BY TODD ADAMS | The Salt Lake Tribune
Rendering of rebuilt Olympus High School
PROJECT NAME
Utah Data Center at Camp Williams,Salt Lake County
Project to be completed in 2013
Federal District Courthouse,downtown Salt Lake City
Project to be completed in 2014
FBI field office, Salt Lake City
Project to be completed in 2012
Federal projects
Utah Data Center
Federal courthouse
FBI field office
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